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category: Children's Fiction
published: Aug 2010
ISBN:9781553801023
publisher: Ronsdale Press

Ghost of Heroes Past

by Charles Reid

tagged: military & wars
Description

Thirteen-year-old Johnny Anders is something of a misfit, with no friends and a poor school record, but all this begins to change when he is awakened one night to find a soldier-ghost in his bedroom. Johnny is taken back in time to meet a series of unusual heroes in Canada's war history. These include Joan Bamford Fletcher, who commandeered Japanese soldiers to take hundreds of wounded civilians to safety through the jungles of Indonesia, and the much-decorated Raymond Collishaw, through whom Johnny learns that Canada played a role in the Russian Revolution. Not wanting to appear ignorant of his country's history in front of a soldier - even if he is a ghost - Johnny starts some research of his own. While doing so he becomes friends with an intriguing new girl at school who has her own reasons to be interested in Canada's war history. The pair become increasingly closer as together they set about uncovering why it is that Johnny has been chosen to be a witness to Canadians atwar.

About the Author
Charles Reid, a Londoner by birth, survived the London Blitz in his early years and then joined Britain's Royal Navy. He is the author of two previous YA novels: Hurricanes over London, which features the Canadian fighter pilot, Willie McKnight; and Chasing the Arrow, about the Avro Arrow. Charles Reid makes his home in Nanaimo, BC.
Contributor Notes

Charles Reid was born and raised in London's east end during the Second World War. After his emigration to Canada in 1975, he discovered that the young Calgary flying ace from World War II, Willie McKnight, who had been one of his childhood heroes, was virtually unknown in his home town, even though a boulevard was named after him. Determined to bring the McKnight name to the notice of Canadians, Reid has written a number of articles about him as well as Hurricanes over London, his first book. Reid now makes his home in Nanaimo, B.C.

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